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The Invention of Racism in Color
May 3 2023 (over 1 year ago)Rating
90
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- Director: Michael Mueller
- Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Runtime: 52 m
- Country: Germany
- Companies: WDR, ARTE, Zeitsprung Pictures
Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and portrayed their landscapes and native peoples in color for the first time, thus fulfilling a laudable purpose; but also laying the foundations for an enduring racist vision of the entire continent.
